Dad's Army podcast

This special mini-podcast is to give you a flavour of what is to come at the forthcoming event, 'An Evening with Frank Williams' that is taking place on 21 November 2009 in Kentish Town in London.

The event will see the premier of the full, un-cut version of 'Dad's Army and Beyond: The Frank Williams Story'. Frank will be present for a Q&A session after the screening.

For full details, including how to book, head on over to www.dadsarmypodcast.blogspot.com

The next full podcast will be out mid-November - in the meantime, keep your feedback coming in - james@dadsarmypodcast.com is the way to get your voice heard on the show.

Hello and welcome to podcast number 39. This is an additional episode to normal schedule, and features a commentary on series nine’s Number Engaged.

The idea is that you watch the episode with the sound down and subtitles on at the same time you listen to this podcast.

As this has been the first commentary for some time, I have recorded a brief intro too which should help you sync the episode on your DVD/Computer with the commentary.

Oliver Crocker joins me for this podcast, and I have to say that his knowledge and ability recall facts about Dad’s Army facts is far superior to my own! Ah well, he’s younger than me!

Please send your feedback to james@dadsarmypodcast.com – pretty much all feedback is read out on a future show.

Enjoy the podcast.

Welcome to the latest edition of the Dad’s Army podcast.

This month we continue to sift through the vast swathes of feedback that fills up our mailbag – thank you so much to listeners who have sent in e-mails over the last month – it really is very much appreciated. This month’s feedback includes Morris dancing, Dad’s Army in the United States and Mrs Mainwaring’s bottom – although not in that order!

Remember to vote for either Number Engaged or Everybody’s Trucking – podcast 39 will be out in couple of weeks and will form a commentary on whichever these two episodes gets the most votes! Register your vote by sending an e-mail to me at james@dadsarmypodcast.com or by leaving a ‘tweet’ for me on Twitter where my username is dadsarmypodcast.

Remember to take a look at Katie’s new James Beck website - http://www.jamesbeckonline.co.uk/

Enjoy the show!

Hello and welcome to Episode 37 of the Dad’s Army podcast.
Lots of really interesting news this month – we announce the first event that the Dad’s Army podcast has had a hand in organising (along with the Appreciation Society) and that’s a ‘Vicar and Chips’ evening being held in November 2009 with none other than Frank Williams. Tune in to find out more! We also cover the imminent publication of Nicolas Ridley’s book about his father (Arnold Ridley, Pte Godfrey) and review Ian Lavender’s recent interview on LBC Radio.

All that, and loads of feedback! We finally go through the podcast’s mailbag and read the vast swathes of e-mails listeners have sent in. Along with a short review of The Armoured Might of Lance Corporal Jones, what more could you possibly want?!

Oh, I made a rather big error when discussing Everybody’s Trucking – I mistook it for Number Engaged! Apologies, and I will address on the September podcast.

The urls mentioned in the promos that feature in this episode are:

The Box Room: http://theboxroom.mevio.com/
Waffle On podcast: http://waffleon.podbean.com/
The Flashing Blade podcast: http://www.flashingblade.org.uk/

Enjoy the show.

Welcome once again to another edition of the Dad’s Army podcast.

This month we bring you an absolutely jammed-packed episode full of features. Frank Williams and Oliver Crocker join me to discuss the vicar-centric episode The Recruit. We also feature the speeches made by Bill Pertwee, David Croft, Jimmy Perry, Harold Snoad, Philip Madoc, John Clegg, Michael Knowles and Frank once again at the Dad’s Army Appreciation Society’s Members Meal. If that wasn’t enough we also go through the most recent Dad’s Army news. Given this podcast runs at just over an hour, the feedback section I mention in the intro will now feature in podcast 37 which is due for an August release.

Don’t forget to check out all the news stories we mention on the Dad’s Army podcast’s blog at www.dadsarmypodcast.blogspot.com and follow me on Twitter at www.twitter.com/dadsarmypodcast

As always, please send your feedback to me at james@dadsarmypodcast.com.

Enjoy the show.

Colin Bean, who played Private Sponge, passed away on Saturday 20 June 2009. Sponge featured in 76 of the 80 episodes and was No 2 section’s leader.

Colin was a great advocate of everything Dad's Army stands for and his presence at Dad's Army events will be sorely missed.

Colin even suggested a story to the writers that centred around the platoon helping harvest a wheat crop as he had seen Home Guard members do when he was young. The result was 1972s All Is Safely Gathered In - a highly regarded episode to this day and remembered for Jones antics with a threshing machine.

Rest in peace Colin, and thank you for contributing to what so many perceive as a phenominal piece of comedy gold.

Welcome to Podcast 35 part 2!

This ten minutes or should have been on the end of the last podcast – however, as I let Jones and Pike edit that particular edition, there was a technical foul up. Right up.

Anyway, here’s part 2 of the 2009 Locations Tour. Frank Williams (the Vicar) joins us as we visit more locations used in the filming of Dad’s Army.

Don’t forget to send me your feedback – james@dadsarmypodcast.com. Look forward to speaking to you all once again in podcast 36 next month.

Enjoy the podcast.

Hello and welcome to part 1 of Episode 35 - a very special edition of the Dad’s Army podcast. Special, for two reasons – (1) it’s the 2009 Locations Tour podcast and (2) I had a nightmare in editing this edition so it’s much shorter than usual – and this is also the reason why the podcast has been delayed so much this time around.

Anyway - the day before Perry and Croft day 2009, a group of intrepid Dad’s Army fans boarded a double decker bus (a routemaster, no less) and ventured over Stanta – the huge Ministry of Defence training ground used by the Dad’s Army production crew for the vast majority of location shooting back in the 1960 and 70s. We were accompanied by a very large soldier who prevented us from getting blown up. This podcast are (the majority) of the recordings I made during the tour. Frank Williams (the Vicar) joined us and regaled us with tales of filming Dad's Army. Tony Pritchard of the Dad’s Army Appreciation Society provides the inside info on a number of locations.

So hop on the bus, come with us as we visit locations used in Command Decision, The Test, Come in, Your Time is Up, Room at the Bottom, Battle of the Giants and even the copse of woods used in the end titles! Part 2 of the locations tour will be on-line in a couple of weeks - sorry its not all on one podcast - computer problems!

My thanks go to Paul Carpenter, Tony Pritchard and Tony Tarran for inviting me along, and I hope you enjoy the results.

Welcome to another edition of the Dad’s Army podcast. This month, Paul Carpenter from the Dad’s Army Appreciation Society joins me for the whole episode and previews the premier event on the Society’s calendar, the 2009 Perry and Croft Day which is due to be held on Sunday 10 May at Bressingham Steam Museum. The museums's website is http://www.bressingham.co.uk/ Paul announces which of the stars will be appearing (subject to work commitments and good health) and provides an insight into what it takes to put on such an event.

We then discuss the first episode of Dad’s Army I ever saw, Don’t forget the Diver – an absolute classic series 4 episode from 1970.

Episode 35 of the podcast will feature a number of interviews and chats with the stars of Dad’s Army - I hope to be talking to several of the cast and crew at Bressingham next week. Take a listen to episodes 20 and 21 of the podcast to hear coverage of last years event.

As per ususal, we’d love to hear from you, so please send in your feedback to us at james@dadsarmypodcast.com.

The Barmy Army film club's website is http://www.barmyarmyfilmclub.com/

Enjoy the show.

Welcome to a very special episode of the Dad’s Army podcast.

This month we are joined by none other than Frank Williams – the Reverend Timothy Farthing, to discuss the often controversial film version of Dad’s Army. The whole podcast team were present for this one – and Frank shares his experiences of being part of the production and talks about his many talented co-stars.

The film has always divided fan opinion – some believing the series made a seamless transfer from TV to the silver screen whilst others believe it a travesty of the telly series. Why not have your say? E-mail us at james@dadsarmypodcast.com

Enjoy the show.

Next Page